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Amit Yoran, CEO of the cybersecurity firm Tenable, called it “the single biggest, most critical vulnerability of the last decade” — and possibly the biggest in the history of modern computing.

The first obvious signs of the flaw’s exploitation appeared in Minecraft, a Microsoft online game hugely popular with children.

Mr Meyers and security expert Marcus Hutchins said Minecraft users were already using it to execute programs on the computers of other users by pasting a short message in a chat box.

Microsoft said it had issued a software update for Minecraft users.

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I’m surprised people would even bother torrenting in this day in age.

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There’s a lot of content that is still very hard to access legally, particularly in Australia.

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it’s also scattered across multiple streaming platforms. i’m not paying a sub to one platform to see one show

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I hope the people who do it are doing it on an already shitty computer that they don’t care how infected they make it from illegal downloads :roll_eyes:

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While I’m not necessarily condoning the downloading of copyrighted material via torrent, this isn’t the early 2000s and torrenting is not Kazaa/Limewire.

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I think your perception of the risks of torrenting is a bit off :joy:

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Not really TBH…

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If you are downloading torrents and getting viruses then you’re not doing it right and it’s probably a user issue.

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Yeah really TBH

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Literally. If you know the right places then it’s impossible to get a virus from a torrent nowadays.

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ahhh, the good old days - after Napster and the newsgroups! Kids these days just don’t understand the struggles we used to have!

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Oh yes, not to mention 56k dial up and tiny 14 inch CRT monitors, RAM measured in MB and storage was at a premium (meaning burning to CDs to free up HDD space)!

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There are also several automation tools available that manage the process and make it basically hands off (yes I know what they are, no I wont tell you)

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Memo don’t buy a wallet case and put your credit cards in any way - my phone screen still got scratched with them in the “correct” way ie
with the raised numbers facing away from the screen.

Whilst my phone isn’t brand new - 18 months old - still not happy :frowning:

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Yeah… never been a fan of wallet cases. My mum uses them a lot and puts a lot of cards on them - adds a lot of unneeded pressure on the screen :confused:

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I rocked one before all my cards went digital - the quality of the inner material makes a big difference

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I still prefer using card, to be honest, but its nice to have it convenience (Android Pay) for when I leave the card at home. So I use a bit of both, plus cash for when I need extra support in my coffee addiction.

Yeah I am your mum like that too! That’s what I do, I have my DL, bank cards and library card in there and managed to fit a coffee card in mine. :stuck_out_tongue:

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